I feel physically sick with the amount of hype this kid is getting. He'll have done really well to even medal, let alone win the gold. So much expectation on him already and he's not even been in the sport for a few years.

Might put something on Campbell.

Why on earth wouldn't he be a favourite? number 3 in the world, and should have won gold at the world championships in only his 2nd senior tournament.

Before anyone says anything, he won the 1st round with ease, let the Azerbaijani back in the 2nd round because he went to war with the Azerbaijani fighter (everyone else who tried that in the tournament with Majidov got knocked out) but then definitely won the 3rd round.

He also made the Russian's pick the lower ranked Omarov for the Olympics, after Anthony Joshua beat Kuzmin at a tournament earlier this year (both Kuzmin and Omarov are Euro champs beating Cammarelle in the final.)

He will find it tough winning gold of course, he's got rivals like Majidov, Omarov, Cammarelle, Savon etc But him and Majidov are rightfully joint favs, they've also been on the best form. It's not like he's been plastered across front or back pages though.

We've got the usual suspects who should also really be medalling. Campbell, Stalker, Evans, Selby all ranked in the top 3 in the world. We'll just see how they handle the pressure, hope they all have a great tournament.

Why on earth wouldn't he be a favourite? number 3 in the world, and should have won gold at the world championships in only his 2nd senior tournament.

Before anyone says anything, he won the 1st round with ease, let the Azerbaijani back in the 2nd round because he went to war with the Azerbaijani fighter (everyone else who tried that in the tournament with Majidov got knocked out) but then definitely won the 3rd round.

He also made the Russian's pick the lower ranked Omarov for the Olympics, after Anthony Joshua beat Kuzmin at a tournament earlier this year (both Kuzmin and Omarov are Euro champs beating Cammarelle in the final.)

He will find it tough winning gold of course, he's got rivals like Majidov, Omarov, Cammarelle, Savon etc But him and Majidov are rightfully joint favs, they've also been on the best form. It's not like he's been plastered across front or back pages though.

We've got the usual suspects who should also really be medalling. Campbell, Stalker, Evans, Selby all ranked in the top 3 in the world. We'll just see how they handle the pressure, hope they all have a great tournament.

Anthony Joshua could have one arm , be blind in one eye and serious equilibrium problems and the british press would still be hyping him up as favourite.

Yeah that's why David Price was completely hyped to the stars in Beijing last time, oh no wait he wasn't...

Majidov/Joshua are joint favs for good reason. Who else would you rank as favourite? Savon has the raw talent, but hasn't pulled it together yet at a big tournament, Omarov got a gift in qualifying against Hrgovic, and wasn't even in the top 10 before qualifying, and Cammarelle hasn't won a big tournament since 2009 World Amateur Champs.

I hope to see the Brits flourish at the games, if only to give the domestic scene a shot of adrenaline that it has been needing after the last couple of months. I'd like to see performances that would make me look forward to following their careers, hopefully with a few gold medals thrown in there for good measure.